Geometridae : Geometrinae
Jersey Emerald
PSEUDOTERPNA coronillaria (Hübner,[1817])
Jersey Emerald
PSEUDOTERPNA coronillaria (Hübner,[1817])
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide - Europe
Description
Alternative Name: Gorse Emerald
Wingspan: Male - 27 - 33mm Female 26 - 32mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - occurring in Balearic Isles,Corsica,Channel Isles,Cyprus,France,Gibralter,Italy,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily & Spain : Western Turkey : Middle East : N Africa
UK Distribution: Found in Jersey only
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Open areas of Gorse & Broom
Similar Species -
Observations: Resident on Jersey only although worldwide, through western Europe,western Turkey to the Middle East and North Africa, where flights times differ (see above) but unlikely to be recorded in the UK.
In shape and markings, similar to the Grass Emerald, but grey with fine antemedian and postmedian dentate cross lines showing clearly on fresh individuals. Subterminal line is pale against the grey background and wavy.
Wingspan: Male - 27 - 33mm Female 26 - 32mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - occurring in Balearic Isles,Corsica,Channel Isles,Cyprus,France,Gibralter,Italy,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily & Spain : Western Turkey : Middle East : N Africa
UK Distribution: Found in Jersey only
UK Conservation Status -
- Channel Isles Only
- Least Concern
- Geometra coronillaria (Hübner,[1817])
- Geometra cythisaria Schiffermüller, 1775
- (France or Spain)
Habitat: Open areas of Gorse & Broom
Similar Species -
- None
Observations: Resident on Jersey only although worldwide, through western Europe,western Turkey to the Middle East and North Africa, where flights times differ (see above) but unlikely to be recorded in the UK.
In shape and markings, similar to the Grass Emerald, but grey with fine antemedian and postmedian dentate cross lines showing clearly on fresh individuals. Subterminal line is pale against the grey background and wavy.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Calycotome villosa - No Common Name
- Cytisus scoparius - Broom - Scotch Broom
- Genista anglica - Petty Whin - Needle Furze - Needle Whin
- Genista tinctoria - Dyer's Greenweed
- Ulex europaeus - Gorse - Furze - Whin
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Geomerinae Pseudoterpnini PSEUDOTERPNA Hübner,[1823] Pseudoterpna coronillaria (Hübner,[1817]) - Geometra cythisaria Schiffermüller, 1775 - GEOMETRA coronillaria (Hübner,[1817]) = armoraciaria Oberthür, 1896 - GEOMETRA coronillaria coronillaria (Hübner,[1817]) - Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge / errichtet von Jacob Hübner in Augsburg. By Hübner, Jacob, 1761-1826 : Lepidoptera V : Geometrae 1 : Pl 93 - f.479 - 482 - (France or Spain) - P. c. algirica Wehrli, 1929 - N W Africa P. c. cinerascens (Zeller, 1847) - W.Turkey, Samos, Rhodos - light grey P. c. axillaria Guenée, [1858] - S.Turkey.Lebanon P. c. halperini Hausmann, 1996 - Israel,N Jordon P. c. flamignii Hausmann, 1997 - S.Italy, Sicily - pale grey,male genatlia different - P. c.armoraciaria Oberthür, 1896 - wings smokey in appearance |